New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-18
Frederick Pollock, sometime the Queens remem-

Frederick Pollock, sometime the Queens rernem-
branccr-which does not mean that he was keeper
OF the Queens memory. The same house promises
a long list of novelties, including Poems BY the
Rev. Stopford Brooke: "Marzios Crucifx."
by Marion Crawford; Baron NordensSiods
"Grcenland;' more Carlyle letters edited by Pro-
fessor Charles Eliot Norton; "The Art Of Con-
versation." by Professor Mahaffy, who under
stands how to practise it; and q new supplement
to Mr. Irving's mot the actor ANNALS Of Our
Time coming down TO and presumably inclusive
of Jubilee Day.
An authentic biography of Henry Ward
Beechcr will be published here by
Messrs. Low. Marston & Co.. who also announce
q new book with the sensational title "The
Frozen Pirate.n by the ever readable Mr.. w.
Clark Russell.
TRANSACTIONS Of French novels into what Is
called English are more numerous than ever So
Is the crop Of Christmas books every description
Of these with religious and educational works and
three-volume novels written to order for Mr..
Nude, compose the majority Of coming publica-
tions.
The reopenIng Of the Haymarket Theatre In
troduces that very clever young actor Mr..
Beerbohm Tree a manager. The public gave him
friendly welcome and he In return offered q
good entertainment with promise Of more to come.
The new version of NJ De Bauville's "Gringci ire,'
by Messrs. Walter Besant and Walter Pollock,
which served as lever de rdeau"
Is sound piece Of English. Mr.
Trees "Grngoire" is ,ompared with NJ Coquelin's
but ought not TO be, and was rayed In the
wrong key. THE Red Lamp which was ex-
tinguished at the end OF the summer season at
the Comedy Theatre was rcliRhted AT the Hay
Moncton as Princes MarakofT gave way to Mrs.
Tree. and that pretty and engaging young actress
astonished the public by display OF unsuspected
force and Ere. She made the part what II was
meant to be. SYM athletic. emotional and womsnly
throughout, and she gives every promise OF reach
ing high po ition on the Eng lish stage
The AtheDmum," which has the advantage
OF Mr.. Joseph Knights sound and acute dramatic
Criticism judges Miss Mary Anderson In a
Winter Iale' more lerienty than most OF the
daily papers. Her two characters" saws Mr.
Knight, "are PLAYED with their former grace and
d,i -acy.' Former" refers to ttingham. The
Saturday Review" considers that Miss Anders
has done what in her lay 70 binR ShaIesp' are
into disrepute her del very OF the verse is crude
and inharmonous: she never gives a glimpse OF
the real "llcrmione" her "Pcrtita" would be
toleIa' r. IL she pos, s,essed elementary knowledge
VI " SDe COuiJ dVOlu sci
If she would condescend TO learn the words OF her
part, and 81 she were not always posing 10, the
photographer; the audience though occasionally
applaud,ng, was both bored and irrlta,ed.
Mr.. Irving has hcen making At Glasgow one
OF those speeches b. knows so well how tn make.
intended tc promote right rel tIons By tween the
stage and the pu' lin The Glasgow Pen and Pencil
Clnb gave him a supper with zoo persons present,
Tn whom the actor discomrsch on acting on
Shakespeare and Oh the place the theatre hollis
or ought To hold There are passaqes about
Shakespeare which may he commended to fcOple,
il any there be. who take Mr. Ignauns Donnelly's
nonsense seriously Mr. Irving r,shiis considers
that Mr.. IIalliwcll Philips has disposed OF the
pervcrse theory that Shakespeare dlsliked the
stage and Quilted II as soon as he could lie
was plying IN 1910 eight years after il IS known
he had gained q secure competence. As for tie
present position OF the stage in the civilized woi
Hlr Irving cites Germany. where IL n part Of
the daily life OF the people and Is largely and
properly supported by the State. lie seems N
have theory that English theatres shouh be
huIt by the municipal ties, but that theory is not
likely to be realized in hi, time.
Mrs. James Brown Potter Is in Paris. where
Worth is composing for her several series OF new
costumes TO be worn in America in several
and oil plays. She sails from IIavrc for New
York on October 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine and family left Homburg
on Tuesday for Nuremburg. where tbev have
since been staying. They will presently reach
Vienna, and will probably spend considcrai lie
time there and elsewhere in Austria and the
South of Germany espccaI, in the Tyrol on their
way ok from Vienna. Then they are likely to
conc westward on the Southern side OF the Alps.
The route is not fully decided. G. W. S.